The Cinefamily (Venue Partner)
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Marketa Lazarova
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Saturday Feb 20, 2010 (7pm)
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$10
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"Marketa Lazarova is without a doubt the best historical film ever made anywhere." -Film Quarterly
"...the most convincing film about the Middle Ages made anywhere." - Sight & Sound, 75 Hidden Gems of Cinema
Repeatedly voted the best Czech film ever made, Marketa Lazarova is a harrowingly beautiful epic about whose blood runs thick with the passions and humors of the Dark Ages. In this tale of two warring clans, and a young maiden caught between them, director František Vláčil set out to make a film that transcended the usual period piece anachronisms, not just in details but also in spirit. He filmed for three years with his cast and crew in the Sumava forest, where he says they all "lived like animals...lacking food, and dressed in rags," to help create the tangible atmosphere he wanted. Rich animastic imagery, stark and savage snow-filled landscapes, and virtuoso filmmaking that rivals Tarkovsky for his mystic beauty and Kurosawa in its focused ferocity, together all make Marketa Lazarova a must-see. Dir. František Vláčil, 1967, 35mm, 162 min.
